I think you make an interesting point; I can easily point to what I did like about the movie.
I actually liked Riley he was the antagonist but he didn’t want to be, he was just a guy who needed to get away. He did a job, did not respect the job, his employers, or himself for doing it. So he wanted out. I think many of us can identify with that. I know I can.
I liked the acting for the most part, a lot of good performances were delivered, some by named actors and some of the lesser actors delivered competent and even memorable lines and roles.
The pacing I agree was much improved, this is likely just because this is modern film and we are all affected by the “new reality” mtv style speed and cuts. It keeps the plot moving, and you moving with it and it does a fairly good job of wrapping you in the plot and making you an active participant.
The sets were brilliantly done, as were the special effects, and the costumes. There were some make up issues, mainly on Big Daddy who I think they went out of their way to look like a monster and not a rotting corpse. I think they failed on him. Other than that I think it was a brilliant bit of work and a major step up from “Dawn blue face”. The props were also high quality and high budget, the music and score was excellent and professional, though perhaps a bit lacking in that “eerie feeling” we get when watching night. The wonky echoes and bizarre sounds. I would like to see those sampled and made more modern.
The movie was fairly true to the GAR zombie mythos, I did not see major holes that made me feel he blew his past work out of the water. Zombies move slow, can use crude tools, have some form of memory, and want to eat the living. They have changed, and have managed to regain ever more memory and that may make them more dangerous. If not more frightening to some. I like the savage heartless cloudy eyed killing machines.
I think it was as I said on earlier to set up a sequel and I would love to see dead reckoning roaming the country so we can see more of what has become of our country. I would like to learn certain things like what became of certain key places in the “old America” the white house? Times Square? Major military bases? Despite all that is said and implied there is NO WAY the sole survivors are the ones detailed in this story and I would love to hear their stories. I would also love to see some different stories that are not all totally bleak. Where people do not feed on and prey upon each other.
Those of you who remember me know I am optimistic while being realistic. I debate in the prior forums with people extensively about how everyone could have value. I wrote a short story detailing how an autistic man saved the life of a major protagonist in that story. Around that time people were actually saying people who were crippled or lame or mentally challenged should likely just be exterminated or left to die. The funny thing is, and it made me smile. In Land, we see a guy who is clearly not very bright. He is burned badly, and should by that line of thinking be left to die instead of soaking up medical supplies and time. He is Riley’s good friend and often times his savior. Solidifying my position. There is value in all of us.
Anyhow just more positives, and I am sure the topic has been discussed about here before, please forgive me I have been gone for a while and as such it is always nice to catch up and discuss with friends new and old your feelings and opinions. If it is not your cup of tea to go over it again I completely respect and understand that.
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